Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Panasonic Corp (T:6752), which rose 2.82% or 27.7 points to trade at 1009.0 at the close. Meanwhile, IHI Corp. (T:7013) added 2.32% or 59.0 points to end at 2599.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) was up 2.25% or 21.0 points to 956.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which fell 2.99% or 70.0 points to trade at 2275.0 at the close. NTT Data Corp. (T:9613) declined 2.54% or 39.0 points to end at 1496.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was down 2.44% or 100.0 points to 4005.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2221 to 1271 and 268 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.02 a new 3-months low.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.53% or 0.31 to $57.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.38% or 0.24 to hit $62.77 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.65 to trade at $1462.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 109.45, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 120.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 98.260.